Is it possible the popular media could be wrong more then the weatherman is? ====== WSJ 3/8/2017 Well, that was fast, if predictable. We’re referring to the conventional wisdom that has moved without a moment of self-reflection from declaring Donald Trump to be a dangerous fascist to a hopeless incompetent. Not too long ago our leading media lights were using Mussolini and Hitler analogies... Read more
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The Left Learns to Love Dubya
March 3 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, The Left, TrumpDo ya’ miss him yet? ===== By Kimberley A. Strassel WSJ March 2, 2017 6:59 p.m. ET George W. Bush gave Democrats a gift this week—which should be a reminder of the perils of demonizing political opponents. But don’t bank on the left accepting his gracious offering. Promoting his new book about veterans on NBC’s “Today” show, Mr. Bush was asked to weigh in... Read more
At the Trump Trauma Center, Nobody Comes for Treatment
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The Left, Trump====== WSJ 2/8/2017 By Joseph Epstein I live in Evanston, Ill., a city of roughly 80,000 just outside Chicago at whose center is Northwestern University. Evanston went 88% for Hillary Clinton to 7% for Donald Trump. The morning after the election, the general glum in town was palpable. At Peet’s Coffee, at Whole Foods, among students, one could everywhere see the depression... Read more
Obama’s Midnight Express
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, TrumpOnly a ‘blind press’ could miss this. =========== WSJ 12/23/2016 Barack Obama isn’t known for humility, though rarely has his lack of grace been more on display than in his final hours in office. The nation rejected his agenda. The president’s response? To shove more of that agenda down the nation’s gullet. Notice the growing and many ugly ways the Obama administration is actively... Read more
Trump’s Opportunity: Saving Coptic Christians
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, TrumpGood advice to Mr. Trump. =========== WSJ 12/22/2016 By Samuel Tadros Islamic State’s local affiliate in Sinai claimed credit for the bombing of St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Cairo earlier this month. The group could not have chosen a more symbolic target. Erected in 1911, St. Peter’s was an architectural marvel built and decorated by Italian architects and mosaic artists. It stood for... Read more
Letters: Pardon for Clinton??
December 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Hillary Clinton, TrumpI happen to agree with most of these letters. Trump should not pre-empt getting the facts into the light. ========== The thrust of your Nov. 23 editorial “Democracy’s Verdict on Clinton” is that President-elect Donald Trump did the right thing by deciding not to prosecute Hillary Clinton for her email and Clinton Foundation issues. But the subject is much larger and more important... Read more
